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Counter-Terrorism Committee conducts follow-up visit to Tanzania
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up assessment visit on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to the United Republic of Tanzania from 19 to 23 August 2024.
The visiting delegation was led by Marc Porret, CTED Chief of Section for Africa, and consisted of CTED experts as well as experts from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the International Maritime Organisation; and the United Nations Development Programme. Tanzania’s delegation was led by Ambassador Noel Kaganda, Director, Department of Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.
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CTC special meeting 2022
The special meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on “Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes” will be held in India on 28-29 October 2022. The theme focuses on three areas where emerging technologies are experiencing rapid development and increasing threat of abuse for terrorist purposes: terrorism financing; unmanned aerial systems (UAS); and the Internet and social media. Click here for more information.
Civil society perspectives: ISIL in Africa - Key trends and developments
A growing number of ISIL-affiliated groups in Africa have shown an ability to launch deadly and coordinated attacks, capture strategic territories, recruit followers using anti-Government propaganda, and conscript child soldiers. With the exception of attacks carried out by the Islamic State — Sinai Province and the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS), the frequency of ISIL attacks and the resulting casualties across the continent indicate that African States are facing an unprecedented terrorist threat.